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I. B. BROWNE. APPLIANCE FOR HEATING, ILLUM'IN'ATING, 0R GULINARY PURPOSES. v No{ 498,380. Patented May 30,1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT HOFFICE.

FRANK BROWNE, OF Los ANGELEs, CALIFORNIA.

APPLIANCE FOR HEATING, lLLUMlllAllNG, 0R CULINARY PURPOSES.

sPEcIncATroN forming part of Letters mat No. 498,380, dated May 30, 1893.

Application filed July 5, 1392; Serialll'o. 438863- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. BROW'NE,'a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles,in thecounty of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Appliance for Heating, Illuminating, or Culinary Purposes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an ornamental, economic, convenient, safe, easily portable lamp holding device which will be effective in heating and lighting apartments and which can easily be adapted for cooking purposes as well, the same having superior capacity for heating apartments. r

A further object of my invention is to make the heating appliance especially adaptable for heating directly by radiation or, at pleasure for readily heating the air in a room by convection so that it will be elfective in heating large rooms by the circulation of the heated air as well as for heating small rooms by direct radiation. The accompanying drawings invention. t

Figure l is a perspective front view of my invention with a heatldefiector broken away to show the'culinary spider, Fig. 2 is a vertical mid section of the same. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail of the upper part of the removable heat deflector. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail of the upper part of the main heat deflectoror lamp receptacle and the lower part of the removable heat deflector and a fragment of the spider/ Fig. 5 shows a cross section of a supplementary lamp support arranged to be used in combination with the ringA when the appliance is to be employed for cooking purposes.

My invention pertains to that class of heating appliances in which a lamp is placed within a sheet metal lamp receptacle having an opening at one side to emit the light and heat from the lamp.

My invention embraces in part the combination in a heater of this kind, of an imperforate non-heat conducting base ring mou nted upon legs or other suitable supports and arranged to receive Within its circle a suitable lamp and having a wall seat arranged at a illustrate my fragment of the removable distance from its inncrcircle to leave suitablespace between the heat deflector wall when in place upon such seat and the lamp when seated within the circle of the ring; a

lamp provided with an interior central draft flue; the heat deflecting wall or sheet metal lamp receptacle having the heat emitting side opening;.a suitable sheet metal spider supporting breast arranged upon such wall; an

' open spider mounted upon such breast and a removable heat deflecting and radiating top or drum arranged to fit upon such breast around such spider. I I

My imperforate non-heat-conduc'ting base ring A is'preferably formed of wood' or other suitable non-heat-conducting material and the supporting legs B are of sufficientheight to hold the base ring far'e'nough above the floor to allow room between it and the floor for the lower portionof the base, of a central draftlamp. 0 indicates suchlamp arranged in the seat the non h t conducting base ring A.

. D indicates the heat detl ecting'wall or sheet metal lamp receptacle seated in the wall seat a.

A E indicatestheheatemittin'gopeningthere-' in. No claim is made to the form of such wall or opening. I I

F indicates the spider sustaining breast. G indicates the spider arranged upon and supported by such'breast,to sustainculinary utensils when it is desired to use the appliance for culinary purposes.

H indicates the removable upper heat de-- flector and radiating drum fitted upon the breast F exterior tothe spider. Iindicates a register'in the top of the removable heat deflector and radiating drum whereby the-heat can'be allowed to pass upward if desired instead of being firstdeflected downward and then upward as itis ordinarily intended to use the appliance when it is employed as a heater. When it is desired to use the device for culinary purposes the drum is removed.

Heretofore, heating appliances have been constructed with a lamp sustaining base having a lamp seated within a central opening. My invention is to be distinguished from appliances of such character in that the base of such prior appliances have been made of material having high heat conducting qualities and in' order to prevent the heating of the oil receptacle of the lamp such bases have been perforated around the lamp seat to admit an upward draft of cold air around the lamp so that the air discharged from the heat emitting opening E has been heated by convection and radiation and there has been an ascending draft of air all about the lamp exterior to the chimney, which draft carried olf the heat to the upper part of the room, thus impairing the effective heating qualities of the appliance.

In my heating appliance the draft of air around the lamp chimney is practically done awaywith and the heated airwhich passes from the appliance consists sirn 1y of that which has been heated with direct contact of the flame in inducing combustion, and nearly the entire amountqf heat is by radiationdirected outward at right angles from the lam pchime an t e amp n ngheet defle t r D instead of ascending to the u per part of the room through the medium of the heated and expanded airwhich surrounds thela i pchimney and which in said appliance as'hereto fore oeiistructed rises rapidly and carries the heat to the upper part of the room instead of allowingit to pass outward.

By making the base ring of non-heatingand nond eat absorbing material substantially such as wood or other suitable material all ng i'ef heat nsth eil ve dedh be deiiectiug wall is perpendicular to the base ring so that the heat isdirectedontward hor'i zoiitally and not downward upon the base. The upper heat deflector and radiating drum I-I serves also with great efficiency and econoy e 11 radie er, a ning end d t es, y een ee e'n, a la r er f th eat which the w s w uld pa s upw d into the upper part of the room and thereby cease to be effective to heat the lower part of the room where the heat is required.

hen it is desired to use my appliance for culinary purposes the drum 1-1 is removed and the lamp is raised and the supplementary lamp support-J is placed in position in the ring and the lamp is set thereon, thus bringing the top of the chimney to the spider.

WVhen it is desired to heat a small apartment by radiation, the register Iis closed, thus causing the air to be directed outward below the breast through the front opening E, but if it is desired to heat all portions of a large apartment the register is opened thus increasing the draft through the appliance and inducing a flow of air inward through the opening E in addition to that upward through the lamp thereby heating a greater Volume of air, which, rising to theupper part distant parts thereof.

Now, having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I he err e ee fer eat n il em net es and u i a e pe le e e e irs ef th eml le en e h imre te et en l eeteetl te ting base ring mounted upon suitab 39'. ports and arranged to receive within ,cir ele 3 S itable lamp and having a el eeat'er ranged at a distancefrom itsi iner circle to l a e lita le'sp e et en t e leet d eeter wall when in place upon such seat'and a Ian; Wh e et e eh eti lemniirev d dwi 1 a. a draf line; th heatde flector wall having a heat emitting side openi s; a uit bl pi e upuer ins breas aran interior central us d pon uch Well; en'epe spid r mme upon u h b ast a d e r mem l heat d fle tin r m a ran d te fi men eeeh eas a ound su h 5 isl r- ,2? e pp ae e set e th e n ie e th combination of an iin perforate non heat-cgn (iuctin g base ring mounted upon suitable. n tsand arranged to receive within itspi c e a suitable'lamp; a lamp provided witha terier eeet e draf fle s the e t d flects!" wall having a heat emittingopeuing; the heat deflecting drum mounted upon such wali and a register arranged in the top of the drum. F. E. BROWNE. Witnesses:

JAMES R. TOWNSEND, ALFRED I. TOWN ND.

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